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2015 SOLID WASTE NEEDS

ASSESSMENT MADISON COUNTY,

TENNESSEE

This Report is required by the

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT ACT OF 1991

(TCA 68-211-801 through 68-211-874)

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION

DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower

312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 14th

Floor

Nashville, Tennessee 37243

Prepared by the

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

102 East College Street, Jackson, Tennessee 38301

Madison County – 2015 Solid Waste Needs Assessment

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION PAGE

Preface Regional Solid Waste Management Planning ................................................................ 4

Solid Waste Needs Assessments ....................................................................................... 5

Solid Waste Planning Region - General Profile ............................................................. 6

Item 1 Demographic Information and Projections .................................................................... 9

Item 2 Analysis of Economic Activity within the Region ........................................................ 11

Item 3 Characteristics of the Solid Waste Stream ................................................................... 15

Item 4 Solid Waste Collection Systems ..................................................................................... 19

Item 5 Analysis of Existing/Potential Solid Waste Flows within & between Regions ......... 21

Item 6 Analysis of Attitude of Region toward Waste Management in General and

Specify Needed Changes and/or Educational Measures ............................................. 23

Item 7 Evaluation of the Waste Reduction Systems for Counties and

Municipalities in Region ................................................................................................. 24

Item 8 Collection/Disposal Capacity and Projected Life of Solid Waste Sites ...................... 25

Item 9 Unmet Financial Needs and Cost Summary ................................................................. 27

Item 10 Comparison of Revenue Sources for the Region’s Current Solid Waste Programs

with Projected Future Demands .................................................................................... 28

Item 11 Sustainable Goals Consistent with the State Plan ........................................................ 29

LIST OF CHARTS

Population by Year by Jurisdiction in Madison County, TN ............................................................... 10

Organization Chart, Madison County, TN…………………………………………………………….22

LIST OF MAPS

Madison County, Tennessee - Municipalities and Facilities ................................................................... 7

Madison County, Tennessee – Recycling Centers …………………………………………………….21

LIST OF TABLES

Population Estimates and Projections – Madison County ...................................................................... 9

Total Population, Tennessee and Counties, 1950 - 2010 ........................................................................ 10

Per Capita Income – County and Cities .................................................................................................. 11

Tennessee’s Economic and Community Development Tax Rate……………………………………..12

Tennessee’s Economic and Community Development Housing and Income ……………………….12

Businesses by NAICS (Madison County) ................................................................................................ 12

Largest Employers .................................................................................................................................... 13

Largest Manufacturing Employers ......................................................................................................... 14


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Solid Waste Disposed of by the Madison County Solid Waste Department –

Actual (2000-2013) and Projected (2014-2018) ...................................................................................... 17

Solid Waste Recycled and Diverted from Class I Landfills by Public and Private Programs

in Madison County (2010-2014) ............................................................................................................... 17

Madison County Solid Waste Facilities .................................................................................................. 19

Recyclers in Madison County .................................................................................................................. 23

Meeting the 25 % Solid Waste Reduction Goal – Madison County (2013) ......................................... 24

Landfill Capacity and Life Span.............................................................................................................. 25

Life Cycle for Regions Solid Waste ……………………………………………………………………26

Madison County Solid Waste Department Expenditures and Revenues

(2014-2015 Proposed Budget) .................................................................................................................. 27


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Preface

In an effort to coordinate and plan for safe, efficient solid waste disposal in the state, the

Tennessee General Assembly enacted several pieces of legislation, which are compiled in Title

68, Chapter 211 of the Tennessee Code Annotated. To comply with the requirements of this

chapter, all local governments must engage in specified planning and organizational activities

(See the Solid Waste Management Act of 1991, T.C.A. §§ 68-211-801 through 68-211-874).

Regional Solid Waste Management Planning

To begin implementation of the Solid Waste Management Act, counties were instructed to form

solid waste regions (single or multi-county) and establish a solid waste board. Each region was

required to formulate a 10-year plan for collection and disposal of solid waste in the area and

submit this plan to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Each municipal

solid waste region must submit an annual progress report and 5-Year Plan Update (T.C.A. § 68-

211-814). The plan, and any revised plan, submitted by each region must be consistent with the

state solid waste plan and with all relevant state laws and regulations.

At a minimum, each plan must contain the following items:

• Demographic information and projections;

• Analysis of economic activity in the Region;

• Characterization of the waste stream;

• Projection of solid waste generation;

• Evaluation of collection systems within the Region;

• Current system analysis of waste streams, collection capability, disposal

capability, costs, and revenues;

• Description of waste reduction activities designed to attain the required 25

percent reduction in solid waste;

• Description of education initiatives designed to achieve the goals stated in the

statute; and,

• Any other information the commissioner of the Department of Environment

and Conservation deems relevant.

In order that the regional planning effort is implemented on a solid foundation of relevant and

objective knowledge of local conditions, the Act requires the Development Districts to

coordinate, conduct and maintain a Needs Assessment for each solid waste region. This

Assessment shall be revised every five years.


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Solid Waste Needs Assessments

The State of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) contracted with

the Southwest Tennessee Development District (SWTDD) to prepare this Solid Waste Needs

Assessment. The planning window for these needs assessments is every five years. Thus, this

report’s period of applicability will be from 2015 through 2020.

Sources consulted to compile demographic and economic statistics for this report include the

U.S. Census Bureau, the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

(TACIR), the University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research, the

Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (TDECD), Annual Progress

Reports (APRs) of the Madison County Solid Waste Planning Region, the Madison County

Chamber of Commerce, and other sources. Some estimates and projections in this document may

differ from one another based on the source of the information the type of methodology used to

develop the numbers, and/or the year the estimate or projection was made, however, every effort

was made to select and use the most reliable information available.

Three documents from the past specifically addressing solid waste services in Madison County

were reviewed. They were the Municipal Solid Waste Regional Plan for the Madison County

Solid Waste Region (1994) by Kevin Tucker Design Group and the Madison County Solid

Waste Needs Assessment (2009) by the Southwest Tennessee Development District. Previous

Annual Progress Reports were also consulted when drafting this report.

This Madison County, Tennessee, Solid Waste Needs Assessment, 2015 was prepared by

Thomas Skehan, Environmental Programs Coordinator with SWTDD; under the direction of R.

Ashby Barnes of TDEC’s Division of Solid Waste Management. The document “Guidelines for

Preparing Solid Waste Needs Assessments”, updated by TDEC in September of 2012, was used

to establish the format of this report.

For more information on the 2015 Madison County, Tennessee, Solid Waste Needs Assessment

please contact Southwest Tennessee Development District, 102 East College Street, Jackson,

Tennessee 38301 | 731-668-7112 | [email protected].

mailto:[email protected]


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Solid Waste Planning Region – General Profile

The Madison County Municipal Solid Waste Planning Region is composed of one county,

Madison County, Tennessee. Madison County is located in central West Tennessee. It is

bordered by Carroll and Gibson counties on the north, Crockett County on the northwest,

Hardeman County on the south, Chester County on the southeast, Henderson County on the east,

and Haywood County on the west. Madison County has a total of 559 square miles.

Madison County is governed by a mayor and board of commissioners. The City of Jackson has a

mayor-council form of government. Medon, Three Way, and Humboldt have mayor-aldermen

forms of government. The mayor of Madison County is Jimmy Harris. Jerry Gist is mayor of

Jackson. Connie Mullins is mayor of Medon, Larry Sanders is mayor of Three Way, and Marvin

Sikes is mayor of Humboldt.

Jackson is the county seat and largest city in the county. Jackson is approximately 80 miles

northeast of Memphis and 125 miles southwest of Nashville. Other municipalities in Madison

County are Medon in the southern part of the county and Three Way in the northern part of the

county. The City of Humboldt in Gibson County has annexed a small portion of northwestern

Madison County into its corporate limits.

Principal rural communities in Madison County include Oakfield in the north, Spring Creek in

the northeast, Pinson in the southeast, Beech Bluff in the east, Denmark in the west and Mercer

in the southwest. Madison County is part of the Jackson, Tennessee, Metropolitan Statistical

Area (MSA) along with Chester County. The Jackson Metro Trade Area consists of 13 West

Tennessee counties (Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin,

Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McNairy, and Weakley).

Madison County is served by Interstate 40 running southwest to northeast through the county and

U.S. highways 45E, 45W, 45BP, 70, and 412. Intercity bus service is provided by Greyhound

Bus Lines. There are three freight railroads: CSX Transportation, Norfolk-Southern, and West

Tennessee Railroad. Rail passenger service is available at Memphis via Amtrak with daily

connections to Chicago and New Orleans. Jackson has a general aviation airport, McKellar-

Sipes Regional Airport, located west of Jackson. The nearest commercial airline service is at

Memphis International Airport. The nearest navigable waterway is the Mississippi River with

port facilities at Memphis.


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Madison County has several public and private educational facilities. These include the twenty

eight schools in the Jackson-Madison County School system, the thirteen private schools and

four post-secondary institutions.

Electricity in Madison County is supplied by the Jackson Energy Authority (JEA) and the

Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corporation with the Tennessee Valley Authority as

its source. Natural gas is supplied through JEA by Williams Pipeline. There are eight suppliers

of liquefied petroleum gas and one supplier of fuel oil in Madison County.

JEA supplies water services throughout the county. Water is drawn from deep wells. JEA also

supplies storm water and sewer services county-wide.


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Item 1 – Demographic Information and Projections

Provide a table and chart of the region’s population during the past ten (10) years with a

projection for the next five (5) years. Provide a breakdown by sub- table and sub-chart, or some

similar method to detail county and municipality populations. Considering the trends, discuss

the effect on the solid waste infrastructure needs over the next five (5) years.

Overall, Madison County has experienced moderate growth (Madison’s County growth is at 7%,

while the state of Tennessee is at 11.5%) but will experience a tempering rate in the future, less

than 4% according to 2015 projection numbers. The City of Jackson will continue to responsible

for this growth. Reasons for this include the general migration from rural to urban where jobs

are more plentiful with manufacturing leaving many rural areas and the increasing price of

gasoline making commutes more expensive.

TABLE 1.1: Population by Year by Jurisdiction in Madison County, TN

Jurisdiction 2000 2010 2014 2020

% Change

2000 - 2010

% Change

2010 - 2015

% Change

2015 - 2020

Madison County 91,837 98,284 102,429 106,352 6,447 4,145 3,923

Jackson 59,643 65,211 67,685 69,334 5,568 2,474 1,649

Medon 191 178 174 311 -13 -4 137

Three Way 1,375 1,709 1,692 N/A 334 -17 N/A

Total Municipalities 61,209 67,098 69,551 69,645 5,889 2,453 94

County Balance 30,628 31,186 32,878 36,707 558 1,692 3,829 2000 and 2010 Data from the US Census Bureau; 2015 and 2020 Population Projections for the State of Tennessee University of Tennessee Center for Business and Economic Research (UTCBER) Humboldt is not affiliated with the Madison County Solid Waste Region but is included since

part of the town is located in Madison County.


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Graph 1.1: Population by Year by Jurisdiction in Madison County, TN

2000 and 2010 Data from the US Census Bureau; 2015 and 2020 Population Projections for the State of Tennessee University of Tennessee

Center for Business and Economic Research (UTCBER) Humboldt is not affiliated with the Madison County Solid Waste Region but is included since part of the town is located in Madison County.

Table 1.2 Total Population, Tennessee and Counties, 1950 - 2010

County 2015

Projection*

2010 2000 1990 1980 1950 Change, 2000-

2010

Number %

Chester 18,076 17,131 15,540 12,819 12,727 11,149 1591 10.2

Decatur 11,939 11,757 11,731 10,472 10,857 9,442 26 <1.0

Hardeman 27,285 27,253 28,105 23,377 23,873 23,311 -852 -3.0

Hardin 26,479 26,026 25,578 22,633 22,280 16,908 448 1.8

Haywood 18,477 18,787 19,797 19,437 20,318 26,212 -1010 -5.1

Henderson 29,101 27,769 25,522 21,844 21,390 17,173 2247 8.8

McNairy 27,019 26,075 24,653 22,422 22,525 20,390 1422 5.7

Madison 102,429 98,294 91,837 77,982 74,546 60,128 6457 7.0

Tennessee 6,735,022 6,346,105 5,689,283 4,877,185 4,591,023 3,291,718 656,822 11.5

www.census.gov; US Census 2010 and earlier editions

*CBER, Tennessee, Projected Population

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20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

2000 2010 2014 2020

Madison County

Jackson

Medon

Three Way

Total Municipalities

County Balance


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Provide a table and chart showing the region’s economic profile for the county and its

municipalities for the last ten (10) years with a projection for the next five (5) years. This can be

accomplished by using the following economic indicators:

• Taxable sales, property tax generation, and per capita income

• Evaluation by break down of each economic sector

• County or municipal budgeting information

• Other commonly accepted economic indicators

Economic indicators, like the aforementioned demographic data, are at best stable over the last

ten years. The recent economic downturn in the nation’s economy has disproportionately had a

negative effect on Madison County. Madison County has a poverty rate of 20% and counties

surrounding Madison County Has a poverty rate ranging from 18.8% (Henderson) low to a high

of 24.6% (Hardeman).

This Needs Assessment will not focus on unemployment rates since the author found no research

showing that this economic indicator adds any additional understanding of factors influencing

waste streams.

The 2013 per capita income for Madison County is estimated by the US Census Bureau at

$23,283. This represents an increase of $3,444 or 17.4% since 2000. With the exception of

Three Way, per capita income for the County, Jackson and Medon have increased.

TABLE 2.1: Per Capita Income – County and Cities

Jurisdiction 2000 2013

2000-2013

% Difference

2000-2013

Difference

Madison County $19,839 $23,283 17.4% $3,444

Jackson $18,495 $22,997 24.3% $4,502

Medon $13,313 $17,107 28.5% $3,794

Three Way $23,313 $23,283 -0.1% ($30) US Census Bureau (Decennial Census and ACS)

Property tax revenues ($2.15 per $100 value) have been fairly flat. In 2013, local sales tax

collections were $42,195,269 according to Tennessee’s Economic & Community Development.

In 2014, local sales tax collections were $42,701,824. This represents a 1.2% increase from FY


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2013 to FY 2014. Not only is sales tax relatively flat, Madison County has a high percentage of

households within income below poverty, almost 20% which influences tax revenue.

Table 2.2: Tennessee’s Economic & Community Development

Property Tax

Property Tax Rate (County) $2.15

Sales Tax

State Sales Tax Rate 7.0%

County Sales Tax Rate 2.75%

Local Sales Tax Collections (FY 2013) $42,195,269

Local Sales Tax Collections (FY 2014) $42,701,824

Local Sales Tax Collections Growth (FY 2013-FY 2014) 1.2% Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury (2014)

Tennessee Department of Revenue (2014)

The Tax Foundation (2014) - See more at: http://www.tnecd.com/county-profiles/#cp-data-resp

Table 2.3: Tennessee’s Economic & Community Development

Housing & Income

Persons In Households With Income Below Poverty Level 20.0%

Homeownership Rate 66.3%

Personal Income Per Capita $38,998 U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 5-Year American Community Survey

Tennessee Housing Development Agency (2013)

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2013) - See more at: http://www.tnecd.com/county-profiles/#cp-data-resp

TABLE 2.4: Businesses and Employees by Industry in Madison County (2002, 2007 & 2012)

1998 2005 2012

Code Industry Employees Establishments Employees Establishments Employees Establishments

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Forestry, Fishing, Hunting &

Agriculture Support 27 6 8 6 - 12

21 Mining 57 3 - 1 - 2

22 Utilities - 2 - 2 - 3

23 Construction 3,626 265 3,155 227 2,315 184

31 Manufacturing 12,151 134 10,479 109 8,424 101

42 Wholesale Trade 2,138 162 2,200 160 2,094 154

44 Retail Trade 7,564 533 7,523 519 7,072 472

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Transportation and

Warehousing 1,252 107 1,730 86 1,443 90

51 Information 708 34 711 38 564 30

52 Finance and Insurance 1,337 189 1,320 196 1,232 187

53 Real Estate, Rental & Leasing 449 95 817 109 1,220 102

54 Professional, Scientific & 1,220 149 1,146 181 1,075 170

http://www.tnecd.com/county-profiles/#cp-data-resp


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Technical Services

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Management of Companies &

Enterprises 259 11 606 16 341 21

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Administrative, Support,

Waste Management

Remediation Services 2,976 130 3,270 121 3,833 117

61 Educational Services 879 18 1,804 27 1,988 27

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Health care & Social

Assistance 8.031 270 9,991 296 11,478 312

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Arts, Entertainment &

Recreation 385 30 445 26 345 30

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Accommodation & Food

Services 4,119 194 4,817 204 4,855 219

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Other services (expect Public

Administration) 2,426 309 2,283 278 1,913 264

95

Auxiliaries (Exec. Corporate,

Subsidiary & Regional Mgt.) - 3 0 0 0 0

99 Unclassified Establishments) 33 18 8 4 - 1

Total 49,684 2,662 52,366 2,606 50,364 2,498

US Census Bureau or calculations based directly on said data. “-“Data suppressed.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, Madison County’s largest employers include:

Table 2.5: Largest Employers

Company/Organization

Number of

Employees

West Tennessee Healthcare 5,368

Jackson-Madison County School System 2,019

Delta Faucet* 880

Union University 835

The Kellogg Company* 735

City of Jackson 725

Regional Hospital of Jackson 718

Pinnacle Foods Group* 590

Stanley Black and Decker* 533

Madison County 514

http://jacksontn.com/economic/business_resources/workforce/major_employers (June 2015)

* Top 4 Manufacturing / Distribution

http://jacksontn.com/economic/business_resources/workforce/major_employers


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Table 2.6: Largest Employers -

Manufacturing and Distribution Employers

Number of

Employees

Delta Faucet Company 880

The Kellogg Company 735

Pinnacle Foods Group, Inc. 590

Stanley Black and Decker 570

TBDN Tennessee Company 386

Gerdau 365

ARJ Manufacturing 334

Aldelano Packaging Corporation 275

Perseus Distribution 264


The given economic data above leads one to a similar conclusion as with the moderate

population growth: these economic forces likely will cause a small increase in the county’s waste

generation over the next five to ten years. The overall decrease in the number of employers,

since 1998, presents a challenge to reach out to these companies and create for more

opportunities to recycle their production or packaging materials.



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Item 3 – Characteristics of the Solid Waste Stream

Elaborate on the region’s solid waste stream. Compare the current waste stream with trend anticipated over the next five (5) years, and discuss how this new total will be handled. Include in this discussion how problem wastes like waste tires, used oil, latex paint, electronics and other problem wastes are currently handled and are projected to be handled in the next five (5) years. What other waste types generated in this region require special attention? Discuss disposal options and management of these waste streams as well as how these waste streams will be handled in the future. Include in this discussion how commercial and industrial wastes are managed. Also, provide an analysis of any wastes entering or leaving the region, noting the source and amounts of such wastes.

Madison County’s Solid Waste Program is directed by Mark Morris and their recycling

coordinator is Shane Lee. All collection and recycling questions for Jackson should be directed

to Kathleen Honeycutt.

As reported in the previous Needs Assessment, Jackson’s municipal solid waste is collected by

Waste Management Incorporated (WMI). The contract between the City and WMI is

administered by the city’s Health, Sanitation, and Animal Control Department. The current

contract runs until July 2019. The City of Jackson has benefitted from Waste Management’s

introduction of CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) garbage trucks. Other city fleets have also

benefitted from CNG and LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) cars and trucks. The vehicles can be

easily identified by their “THINK GREEN, THING CLEAN” branding.

Residents within the City of Jackson are provided twice-a-week garbage collection services with

backdoor pickup. Residents also are provided once-a-week, curbside trash collection services for

items that are too large for garbage containers. Apartments, condominiums, trailer parks, and

other multi-family dwellings of four or more units must have dumpsters. Waste Management

rents the dumpsters. Waste Management also rents dumpsters to businesses generating large

amounts of solid waste. Rates are set according to the size of the container and the amount of

service required. Businesses not generating an amount of solid waste to justify a dumpster may

elect to have loose garbage collected through the Commercial Hand Pick-up Program.

Collection is twice weekly and does not include trash or bulky waste. For residents of Medon,

Three Way, and unincorporated areas or rural areas of Madison County, solid waste is collected

through a system of ten convenience centers located throughout the rural sections of the county.

All solid waste collected by the Jackson municipal system operated by Waste Management and

the collection systems operating in unincorporated Madison County is disposed at the Jackson-


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Madison County Landfill west of Jackson. The landfill, at 550 Aaron Long Road, is owned by

BFI Allied Waste. The landfill consists of Class I and Class III/IV operations. The entire

landfill site is about 250 acres total including fill areas, operations buildings, and buffer zones.

The Class I landfill has about 14 years of use left with about 10 years of use left for the Class

III/IV landfill.

Table 3.1 shows the amount of waste disposed of by Madison County since 2010 and makes

predictions for the amount of solid waste to be disposed of from 2015 through 2020.

The amount of solid waste disposed of in Madison County has decreased considerably since

2010 due to an increase in the amount of local recycling. The largest amount of solid waste

disposed of in Madison County was 175,235 tons in 2010. The best prediction is that the amount

of solid waste disposed of by Madison County will likely remain in the 90,000 to 100,000 ton

range over the next few years based on local population and economic trends in the county. All

well within Madison County’s capacity and ability to handle its waste disposal needs for the

coming years.

Regarding Waste Flow, the Madison County Solid Waste Department estimates that 40 percent

of the waste generated in Madison county it disposes of its residential in origin, 20 percent

commercial, 25 percent industrial, and 15 percent institutional.

Problem wastes; such as batteries, oil and oil filters, and tires; are collected year round by the

Madison County Solid Waste Department at its convenience centers and its landfill. The county,

however, does not collect antifreeze. The site of the HHW is near Farmer's Market and is hosted

by the City of Jackson, 112 Union Street, Jackson, TN 38301. The latest event was in April

2015. Overall, Madison County reports over seven tons of household hazardous waste collected

(2014 Annual Progress Report (APR))

The 2014 APR also reported 1,959.43 tons of tires being managed. All were sent to beneficial

use (tires are shredded into chips) and none were disposed of in a landfill. Tires are accepted at

the Madison County Landfill owned by Republic Waste on Aaron Long Road. Madison County

has an agreement with them. The County pays a company in Saltillo, MS to recycle through the

waste tires Grant.


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TABLE 3.1: SOLID WASTE DISPOSED OF BY THE MADISON

COUNTY SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT ACTUAL (2000–2013) AND

PROJECTED (2014–2018)

Year Disposed Tons

2010 175,235

2014 110,401

2020 (projected) 90,000-100,000 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Madison County Solid Waste Department

Madison County did collect 215 tons of cardboard, newspaper, cans in the last 12 month period.

Waste tires will likely remain a problem for the county over the next five years. The county will

reevaluate their strategy regarding discharged tires after the State’s new tire program has been in

effect for a year. According to local officials “The waste tire grant program does not cover the

cost to recycle our tires.”

Industrial and commercial wastes are still handled either in-house by the company or are picked

up by a contractor. The county does not pickup recyclables. Much of the waste collected by the

independent haulers contracting with the businesses and industries is transported to the

Fairgrounds Convenience Center, while the rest is taken to landfills in the surrounding area

depending on the hauler.

TABLE 3.2: SOLID WASTE RECYCLED/DIVERTED FROM CLASS I

LANDFILLS BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROGRAMS (2010 & 2014)

Year Tons Recycled/Diverted

2010 40,280.20 / 9,443.50

2013 61,272.40 / 17,595.70 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Madison County Solid Waste Department.

The 2014 APR data under reports the recycling / diversion data cited in above. This is due in

large part to a miscommunication between SWTDD and the Madison County Solid Waste

Department regarding data collection responsibilities. This will undoubtedly lead to a dramatic

reduction of in the reported 2014 recycling/diversion tonnage but should not be viewed as an

indication of future reporting. It should be viewed a data collection error. This problem has

been addressed and the data should show “correction” in 2015.


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Madison County works with local schools to collect sorted paper and cardboard. The county

currently collects sorted paper and cardboard in all public schools. The county also partners with

“Keep America Beautiful” in its “Stop Litter Program” to help reduce the amount of litter in the

county. Overall, the waste stream in Madison County will be handled the same way using the

same resources.


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Item 4 – Solid Waste Collection System

Provide a detailed description of the waste collection system in the county and each municipality, including a narrative of the life cycle of solid waste from the moment it becomes waste (loses value) until it ceases to be a waste by becoming a useful product, residual landfill material or an emission to air or water. Label all major steps in this cycle noting all locations where wastes are collected, stored or processed, along with the name of operators and transporters for these sites.

In general, Madison County’s solid waste facilities are considered adequate to serve the county

for the next five years and no major facility upgrades have been identified.

TABLE 4.1: MADISON COUNTY SOLID WASTE FACILITIES

Facility Address, City Madison County Landfill (Class I & III/IV 550 Aaron Long Road (owned by BFI Allied Waste)

Airport 111 Smith Lane

Highway 45 South 3242 Highway 45 South

Highway 70 East 1916 Highway 70 East

H. O. Forgy 130 H. O. Forgy Road

Medon 31 Bowman-Collins Road

Mercer 1411 Highway 138

Mount Pinson 1106 Mount Pinson Road

Oakfield 199 Oakfield Road

Passmore Lane 95 Passmore Lane

Pipkin Road 3 Overpass View

Madison County Solid Waste Department

Convenience centers are open from 7 AM to 5 PM Monday – Saturday. Hours of operation are

from 1 PM to 5 PM on Sundays. From July 2013 to June 2014, convenience center visits totaled

468,722.

One area the County will try to improve is the effort to increase participation in the business and

industry waste reduction/recycling reporting program through the Development District. In the

coming years, Madison County and municipal officials will work more closely with major

businesses and industries in the Region to further expand the voluntary reporting program. This

program is extremely important to the Region in their efforts to reach the 25% waste reduction

goal using the “real time” calculation method. Finally, an e-waste recycling program should be


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implemented within the next 5 years to collect and eliminate electronics from the Class I waste

stream.


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Item 5 - Analysis of Existing or Potential Solid Waste Flows within the Region

and Between Adjacent Regions

Provide organizational charts of each county and municipality’s solid waste program and staff arrangement. Identify needed positions, facilities, and equipment that a fully integrated solid waste system would have to provide at a full level of service. Provide a page-size, scaled county map indicating the location of all solid waste facilities, including convenience centers, transfer stations, recycling centers, waste tire drop-off sites, used oil collection sites, paint recycling centers, all landfills, etc. Identify any short comings in service and note what might be needed to fill this need.

Most of Madison County’s solid waste is disposed of within the county. Although the county has

disposed of waste in other landfills outside the county in years past, the great majority of waste

generated in Madison County since 2006 has been disposed of in the Madison County Landfill.

Some waste generated by local industries is disposed of by contract with private haulers in out-

of-county landfills including landfills in Tennessee.

Madison County’s Mark Morris has stated that they could use more personnel and more facilities

but without funding they cannot do any more than what is being done at current rate.

Below is the organization chart taken from the 2008 Solid Waste Needs Assessment, emails have

gone out asking for organization chart from the county and individual cities along with their

MTAS contact and no one has yet to respond.


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Item 6 - Attitudes of Region towards Waste Management in General and Needed

Changes and/or Educational Measures

Madison County has met its 25 percent waste reduction and diversion goal. More so than adding

equipment, changing the attitudes of Madison County residents will go a long way in continuing

meeting TDEC’s 25% reductions goals.

Current attitudes of the citizens of Madison County toward recycling and waste reduction efforts

have basically been about average for counties of similar size, population and economic vitality.

While there are some residents that fully support and participate in the drop-off recycling

program, most residents are still reluctant to view recycling and waste reduction as an option,

plus they are not willing to pay for recycling.

The county also partners with “Keep America Beautiful” in its “Stop Litter Program” to help

reduce the amount of litter in the county.

Table 6.1: Recyclers in Madison County

Company Address

Dudley’s Recycling Inc. 240 Belmont Avenue

Gerdau Ameristeel Shredder Operations 801 Gerdau Ameristeel Road

Green Metals Inc. 1759 Dr. F. E. Wright Drive

Hub City Waste Paper 174 Meadow Street

Hutcherson Metals Inc. 101 H. O. Forgy Drive

All Fiber (formerly Southeast Recycled Fiber LLC) 532 Mobile Street

Unique Components 250 North Parkway

Sunrise Recycling PO Box 10213


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Item 7 – Evaluation of the Waste Reduction Systems for Counties and

Municipalities in the Region

Table 7.1 shows the most recent available data for Madison County’s reduction rate. The table

shows that the county is meeting the diversion goals of all methods available.

TABLE 7.1: MEETING THE SOLID WASTE REDUCTION GOAL (2013)

Year

Generation

(Disposal +

Diversion

(Tons)

Disposal

(Tons)

Reduction

Population

Ratio

Reduction

Population /

Economy

Ratio

Real Time

Comparison

Per-

Capita

Rate

2013 199,456 120,017 44% 38% 40% 1.22 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation


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Item 8 - Collection/Disposal Capacity and Projected Life of Solid Waste Sites

Based on the current rate of solid waste disposed of in Madison County, the Madison County

Class I has less than 25 years left of life and III/IV Landfill has a remaining capacity of 97 years.

This life cycle may be extended future if current declines in population and declines in job

growth continue. In the surrounding Southwest TN region, Chester County Class I has a

permitted but not operating yet facility, Decatur has less than 25 years left in life, Hardeman has

24 years 6 months left in life.

The Madison County Convenience Centers appear to have plenty of acreage to continue at their

current rate of 5 day operations per week with 506 tons being processed a day.

TABLE 8.1: Sites, Capacities and Life Span

Site Name

Current Maximum Projected Life

Capacity Capacity of Facility Madison County Landfill (Class I & III/IV) 42.3 acres 105 97 years

Airport Sufficient N/A N/A

Highway 45 South Sufficient N/A N/A

Highway 70 East Sufficient N/A N/A

H. O. Forgy Sufficient N/A N/A

Medon Sufficient N/A N/A

Mercer Sufficient N/A N/A

Mount Pinson Sufficient N/A N/A

Oakfield Sufficient N/A N/A

Passmore Lane Sufficient N/A N/A

Pipkin Road Sufficient N/A N/A


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TABLE 8.2: LIFE CYCLE FOR REGION’S SOLID WASTE

Step Location Operator/Transporter Waste Collected Unincorporated Madison County Madison County/Private Haulers

Jackson, TN Waste Management, Inc.

Medon/Three Way, TN Madison County/Private Haulers

Humboldt, TN (Madison County Portion) Barker Brothers Waste, Inc

Waste Disposed Unincorporated Madison County Jackson-Madison County Landfill

Jackson, TN Jackson-Madison County Landfill

Medon/Three Way, TN Jackson-Madison County Landfill

Humboldt, TN (Madison County Portion) Northwest Tennessee Landfill

Waste Recycled/

Stored/Processed

Unincorporated Madison County Jackson-Madison county Landfill

Jackson, TN Local and Regional Processors

Medon/Three Way, TN Local and Regional Processors

Humboldt, TN (Madison County Portion) Local and Regional Processors


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Item 9 - Unmet Financial Needs and Cost Summary

Table 9.1 presents proposed expenditures and revenues for the Madison County Solid Waste

Department’s budget for fiscal year 2014-2015 as provided by the department. The Solid Waste

fund is financially sound. Though the department’s fund are healthy and coupled with its non-

compliance status regarding waste reduction, the department needs to be more cost effective in

reaching solid waste reduction goals versus saving money to the benefit of other county

departments.

TABLE 9.1: Madison County Solid Waste Department

2014 Audited Expenses and Revenues

Revenue:

Local Taxes $933,484

Charges for Current Services

Other Local Revenue $58,046

State of Tennessee $92,319

Total Revenues $1,083,849

Expenses:

Landfill Operation and Maintenance $454,434

Convenience Centers $601,044

Other Charges

Employee Benefits

Total Expenses $1,055,478

+ Surplus / - Deficit $28,371 Audit for the Year Ended June 30, 2014. Fund balance as of 6/30/2014 was $79,769.


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Item 10 – Comparison of Revenue Sources for the Region’s Current Solid Waste

Programs with Projected Future Demands

In terms of increasing population and declining job growth projections and in terms of

comparing revenues to expenses, the Madison County Audit, filed with the State of Tennessee,

bare out that the Solid Waste Department appears adequately funded. According to local

officials, the future of solid waste management for Madison County is dependent on the tipping

fee charges for household garbage and demolition. Recycling can be increased if education is

stressed and physical facilities are provided along with the annual budgets required to run the

various programs.


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Item 11 – Sustainable Goals Consistent with the State Plan

This Needs Assessment has identified the following deficiencies in the Madison County solid

waste management system:

It is recommended that the following actions be taken over the next five years to address the

deficiencies noted in the previous sections:

1. Pursue all TDEC grant funds for equipment acquisition and facility expansion.

2. Expand recycling material types and amounts collected by working with schools, medical

facilities and businesses to identify new materials and new strategies.

3. Continue the successful Public School Outreach, Program.

4. Utilize SWTDD and TDEC for Solid Waste Board enhancements.

5. Consider adding curbside recycling pickups. If implemented, one strategy to encourage

more recycling would be to offer “free” recycling pickup and charge for trash pickup.

6. Madison County should keep its existing drop-off recycling system for the foreseeable

future but add other items to its list of recyclables currently being collected. Currently

the program collects non-ferrous metals, newspapers, cardboard, and used tires. It is

recommended that other materials be phased in to the list of items recycled as processors

are found.

7. New convenience centers will eventually be needed as Madison County’s population

increases in the future. It is recommended that new convenience centers be sited in high-

growth and potentially high-growth areas of the county—such as northern Madison

County, along the Interstate 40 corridor, and south of Jackson along the Highway 45

South corridor.

8. Existing convenience centers be upgraded and improved as needed. Some of the

convenience centers have been in existence since the 1980s and the wear-and-tear of

thousands of visits per year can take its toll. Additional operating hours and additional

personnel may be needed to better monitor the collection of recyclables at the

convenience centers.


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9. Local officials cite the need to collect glass for recycling. There is no public collection

and businesses appear to recycle very little glass. SWTDD and TDEC officials should

assist Madison County in addressing this need.

10. Additional equipment is warranted. Three compactors (~$15,000 each) were identified in

the 2014 APR. The Solid Waste Department indicated that they will seek county funds to

cover this expense.

The recommendations outlined above comply with and support all provisions of the State’s Solid

Waste Management Plan—ensuring that the citizens of Madison County will continue to be

provided with professional solid waste services in an efficient and cost-effective manner for

years to come.


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Sources:

2000 and 2010 Data from the US Census Bureau

2008 Solid Waste Needs Assessment

2015 and 2020 Population Projections for the State of Tennessee University of Tennessee Center

for Business and Economic Research (UTCBER)

Google Earth, Maps

Madison County Chamber of Commerce

Madison County Solid Waste Department

Mike Morris, State Health Department, Solid Waste, Madison County (Jackson Madison County

Regional Health Department)

State of Tennessee Comptrollers, Audits 2012,

State of Tennessee Comptrollers, 2013

State of Tennessee Comptrollers, 2014

Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury (2014)

Tennessee Department of Revenue (2014)

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation

Tennessee Housing Development Agency (2013)

The Tax Foundation (2014)

U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 5-Year American Community Survey

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2013)


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